Lotus 2004 Eleven Service Notes page 494

Lotus Service Notes
EXIGE S/C.# - CONCEPT & OVERVIEW
In February 2005, Lotus announced the Lotus Sport Exige 240R (243 bhp) to provide discerning customers
with an exclusive very high performance derivative of the Exige, to be built in a global limited edition of 50 units.
The cars to be produced to customer order as post registration official factory conversions of the '05 Exige by
the Lotus Sport workshops at Hethel, and available for the U.K. and certain overseas territories where regula-
tions allow. In November 2005, Lotus Sport commenced build of a limited number of Exige Cup 240 cars in
road or race specification for selected markets, and differing in detail to the 240R. Then in January 2006, an
official production version of the supercharged car, Exige S, was introduced with a simplified specification.
The performance of the standard Exige is uprated by the fitment of a Magnuson supercharger belt driven
from the crankshaft, feeding through an air/air chargecooler into a new plenum/intake manifold, and featuring a
supercharger integral by-pass valve. The 240R engine uses a mechanical throttle and a 5th injector mounted
in the intake manifold plenum, whereas the '06 M.Y. Cup cars use an electronic throttle, larger port injectors
and no 5th injector, and the Exige S utilises standard injectors.
Chassis dynamics on 240R and Cup cars are uprated by the fitment of Ohlins 2-way adjustable dampers,
with adjustable spring platforms for the uprated springs, and new lightweight forged 5-spoke roadwheels of
slightly wider section to accommodate optional track use only slick tyres.
This supplement describes the features of the supercharged variants which differ from the standard '05
Exige model. For information on any subject matter not included here, refer to the main manual.
Lotus Sport Exige 240R
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Exige S/C
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